BELLAS ARTES

Una obra destinada a quienes deseen aproximarse de forma fiable y precisa a la realidad histórica del jazz clásico. El autor sitúa en el mapa a los principales protagonistas del jazz clásico, tanto los consagrados como los secundarios, de un modo riguroso y ameno. Desde el ragtime de Scout Joplin y James Scout, al blues de Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith y Louis Amstrong y la era del swing de las grandes orquestas de Duke Ellington, glenn Millar y Benny Goodman y finalizando en los grandes solistas como Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young y Lionel Hampton.

En el presente libro, concebido como un gran reportaje, Vicente Romero nos narra la historia de la censura en el cine español, con especial atención a los cuarenta años de la dictadura franquista, cuando se ejerció un duro control religioso, militar y político no sólo sobre lo que se hacía en nuestro país, sino sobre lo que se importaba de otros. Diálogos suprimidos, argumentos tergiversados, imágenes cortadas... cuestiones que hoy nos generan una sonrisa, pero que no tenían nada de divertido para quienes los sufrían. De la mano de numerosos ejemplos, así como de entrevistas con los censores y con los cineastas que sufrieron estas humillaciones, ante los ojos del lector se despliega una crónica de la sociedad española, de quienes la dominaban con su intransigencia, un tiempo gris no tan lejano que, lamentablemente, parece que amenaza con volver.

El tigre y la guitarra es la historia de Yoichiro Yamada, un japonés que vino a España para ser guitarrista flamenco y jamás regresó a su país. Terminó abducido por dos mundos idílicos y en principio opuestos: el del flamenco que amaba y el de los samuráis de los que era descendiente. En su deriva no supo encontrar la salida a su propio laberinto. «¡Vuelve a casa!», le pedían sus amigos. Pero se negaba: no podía regresar porque no se había convertido en el guitarrista que soñó. El tigre y la guitarra nos habla del choque de universos paralelos, de pasiones y de obsesiones, pero también de hasta dónde nos arrastran nuestros pensamientos, del fracaso y de cómo los sueños que perseguimos pueden acabar persiguiéndonos.

From The Crown to Downton Abbey, the country house speaks to our fantasies of rustic splendour, style, and escape. Featuring three hundred photos from the National Trust, this lavish book draws back the curtain on the finest and most important historic homes in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, revealing these great houses' intriguing pasts, grand interiors, and vi-brant reinventions for the enjoyment of modern-day visitors, residents, and armchair travellers. Locations include Knole, Cragside, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Polesden Lacey, Petworth, Castle Bodiam, Blenheim, Longleat, and dozens more. Illuminating essays by country house expert Jeremy Musson, legendary British author and historian David Cannadine, and contributing writers and scholars provide unique insight into centuries of life in a historic home. This is a rich visual resource for lovers of sumptuous interiors on a human scale, as well as grand exterior architecture and gorgeous landscapes. For Anglophiles, royals watchers, and lovers of the country house lifestyle, architecture, and interior design, this is a magnificent new look at landmark British country houses, the treasures they contain, and how they speak to our fantasies of rustic splendour and escape today.

Introducing the first collection of art books with detachable prints to decorate your walls. Everything you need to create your own private gallery at home! Nightscapes that range from a fireworks display in Rome by Jacob Philipp Hackert to the Louvre from across a Parisian bridge by Maximilien Luce to a moonlit New York streetlamp by Georgia O'Keeffe. Each book contains a curated selection of twenty-one high-quality reproductions that can be easily removed from the book, framed in a standard-size frame, and displayed in the home. Step-by-step tips for grouping the works to create a harmonious gallery add an interior designer's touch to the ensemble. Graphic, colorful, or abstract; paintings, engravings, or drawings--each work of art is explained on the back of the print. Interesting details about the style of painting, the particular work of art, and biographical information about the artist are accompanied by a "frameable fact" that helps you understand the context of that particular work in the history of art. In addition, suggestions for where you can go to see additional examples of the artists' works allow the reader to expand his or her experience and learning. Artists include Edward Hopper, William Turner, Camille Pissarro, Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, Giorgio de Chirico, Georgia O'Keeffe, René Magritte, and Wassily Kandinsky.

Introducing the first collection of art books with detachable prints to decorate your walls. Everything you need to create your own private gallery at home! Plays on light and color from Japanese woodblock prints to Rothko's white cloud on a brilliant orange background. Each book contains a curated selection of twenty-one high-quality reproductions that can be easily removed from the book, framed in a standard-size frame, and displayed in the home. Step-by-step tips for grouping the works to create a harmonious gallery add an interior designer's touch to the ensemble. Graphic, colorful, or abstract; paintings, engravings, or drawings--each work of art is explained on the back of the print. Interesting details about the style of painting, the particular work of art, and biographical information about the artist are accompanied by a "frameable fact" that helps you understand the context of that particular work in the history of art. In addition, suggestions for where you can go to see additional examples of the artists' works allow the reader to expand his or her experience and learning. Artists include John Constable, Claude Monet, Paul Signac, Edgar Degas, Nicolas de Staël, Hermione Carline, Eugène Delacroix, René Magritte, Helen White, and Mark Rothko.